BEANS—Bush 
Plant only in warm, well-prepared soil, about 4” apart, 1¥2"—-2” deep. Under hand 
cultivation and in poor soil rows may be 18-24" apart; in rich fields under horse or 
tractor cultivation, 30-36”. Cultivate only before blooming and never when wet. Pick 
frequently as pods approach maturity, to get full yield. Plant a succession every two 
weeks to insure supplies throughout the season. 
Green Pods 
Asgrow Black Valentine: 50 days. The most 
popular bean for shipping and market. Plant 
vigorous and prolific; pods oval, dark green, 
stringless, and of excellent quality. 
Asgrow Stringless Green Pod (Tendergreen): 50 
days. Plant hardy and strong; pods stringless, 
fiberless, dark green, round and nearly straight. 
Bountiful: 47 days. Early market variety with 
light green, flat pods. 
Burpee’s Stringless: 50 days. Round, slightly 
curved pods of fine flavor. 
Dwarf Horticultural: Used both for snap beans 
(54 days) and green shelled beans (62 days). 
Florida Belle: 59 days. Resistant to some forms 
of rust. Pods oval, straight and of good length. 
Full Measure: 53 days. Under favorable con- 
‘ditions a most excellent bean with plentiful 
stringless, tender, round pods. 
53 days. Large, 
stringless and brittle, 
Giant Stringless Green Pod: 
long straight pods, 
medium green. 
Plentiful: 50 days. Strong and productive plants, 
with flat pods, stringless and brittle. 
Ranger (see front cover): 56 days. Introduced 
by us in 1947, this unusual variety is widely 
praised for yield and quality. Plants spreading, 
with half runners on which pods are borne later 
than the heavy center set. Pods silvery green, 
of very fine quality whether used fresh, frozen, 
canned or for dry beans. Seeds white and small. 
Asgrow Black Valentine: 
the leading shipping variety 
Red Valentine, Stringless: 54 days. Pods slight- 
ly shorter and more curved than Red Valentine. 
Rival: 50 days. Plant vigorous, highly tolerant 
to common bean mosaic. Pods yellowish green, 
slightly creasebacked, straight and smooth. 
Tenderlong: 48 days. A new Asgrow variety 
resistant to mosaic; early, hardy and heavy 
yielding. Pods long, round, shapely, dark green, 
stringless and of extra quality. 
Tennessee Green Pod: 50 days. Of fine flavor 
though not stringless. Pods large, broad, flat. 
Topcrop: 5() days. A new introduction by the 
U.S.D.A., resistant to mosaic; very prolific. Pods 
round, very straight and stringless. 
Wax Pods 
Brittle Wax (Round Pod Kidney Wax): 53 days. 
Handsome round pods of fine quality. 
Cherokee: 50 days. A new, attractive variety 
similar to Asgrow Black Valentine except for 
the golden wax color of the pods. The most 
prolific wax-podded variety, equal in yield to 
the best green-podded types. 
Pencil Pod: 55 days. Pods golden yellow, round, 
creasebacked, fleshy, brittle, stringless. 
Sure Crop: 53 days. Thick-flat, golden yellow 
pods, stringless, brittle and well flavored. 
Top Notch: 51 days. Straight, thick-flat, string- 
less, creamy yellow pods. 
